Understanding the Impact of Parent-Child Relationships on Emotion Regulation: A Comprehensive Review

Marcus Asiegbu K.

Department of Publication and Extension, Kampala International University Uganda

ABSTRACT

This paper explores the impact of parenting on adolescents’ self-regulation, emphasizing the importance of parental socialization in shaping individuals’ beliefs, worldviews, and behaviors. It highlights that effective emotion regulation in children is associated with parents’ emotional support, positive affect, emotion coaching, and joint strategies. Conversely, difficulties in emotion regulation in adolescents are linked to parents’ psychological control, permissiveness, expressed anger, and criticism. Furthermore, the study reveals that adolescents experience more positive affect when in the presence of their parents compared to when they are alone, indicating ongoing parental influence on emotion regulation throughout adolescence. Consequently, the paper underscores the need for practitioners working with parents and families to develop intervention and prevention efforts targeting three primary ways parents impact emotion regulation: modeling/observation, specific parenting practices related to emotion, and families’ emotional climate. These efforts should focus on enhancing parents’ emotion-regulation skills and teaching emotion-coaching techniques that emphasize warmth, responsiveness, and setting limits.

Keywords: Parent-Child Relationships, Emotion Regulation, Adolescents, Parenting Practices, Intervention

CITE AS: Marcus Asiegbu K. (2024). Understanding the Impact of Parent-Child Relationships on Emotion Regulation: A Comprehensive Review. NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT ISSUES IN ARTS AND MANAGEMENT, 4(1):25-31. https://doi.org/10.59298/NIJCIAM/2024/4.1.253113